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What's one thing Sequoia Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RINCON VALLEY UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063264005081
Sequoia Elementary
5305 Dupont Dr., Santa Rosa, CA 95409 · (707) 539-3410 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
94 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 90 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 55% larger than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
57.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.6pp since 2014
Math
56.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.3% | 29.1% | 24.1% | 18.6% |
| Math | 26.9% | 29.4% | 23.1% | 20.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 51.6% |
| 2022-23 | 49.3% | 52.9% |
| 2021-22 | 57.6% | 52.1% |
| 2018-19 | 65.9% | 63.3% |
| 2017-18 | 67.2% | 57.9% |
| 2016-17 | 61.3% | 52.9% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 56.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 58.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sequoia Elementary
Sequoia Elementary's state test result (54.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Elementary this school | 414 | 22.7% | 54.2% |
| Silver Gate Elementary San Diego | 399 | 23.6% | 81.5% |
| Rio del Mar Elementary Aptos | 393 | 22.1% | 54.8% |
| Loomis Elementary Loomis | 438 | 21.2% | 59.5% |
| Yerba Buena Elementary Agoura Hills | 372 | 22.6% | 69.5% |
| Tularcitos Elementary Carmel Valley | 447 | 23.3% | 71.8% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sequoia Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #1,443 of 5,151 | #20 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #1,246 of 5,172 ▲ 181 | #14 of 79 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #1,509 of 5,172 ▲ 228 | #22 of 79 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,651 of 5,116 | #35 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #3,511 of 5,915 | #28 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #4,004 of 5,352 | #63 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #2,406 of 5,354 | #35 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #5,051 of 5,625 | #82 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #3,758 of 3,837 | #49 of 50 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
414
+21 (+5%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 478
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 20.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 414 | 17 | 24.4:1 | 23% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 16.5 | 25.6:1 | 19% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 17 | 23.9:1 | 17% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 19 | 20.7:1 | 19% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 418 | 18 | 23.2:1 | 30% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 19 | 23.1:1 | 11% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | N/A | N/A | 16% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 17 | 19.5:1 | 7% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 478 | 21 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sequoia Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (418 to 414); teachers down 6% (18 to 17).
About Sequoia Elementary
Sequoia Elementary is an elementary school in Santa Rosa, California, according to federal school records. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 6, with 414 students enrolled.
Rincon Valley Union Elementary is the local district for Sequoia Elementary. It runs 9 schools with 3,079 students.
Sequoia Elementary is 64% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The White share in Sonoma County as a whole is similar, at about 62%. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 24.4 students per teacher and 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Sonoma County average 51%.
allk12 grades Sequoia Elementary a B-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Sequoia Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.2%, compared with a predicted 66.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Sonoma County show that the median household income is $104,674, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sequoia Elementary is one of 184 public schools in the county.
Whited Elementary Charter is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sequoia Elementary. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Sequoia Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Sequoia Elementary as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment at Sequoia Elementary climbed 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 393 to 414 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 20.7:1 to 24.4:1 over the same years.
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Sonoma County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
485,040
Census ACS
Median income
$104,674
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
184
63,389 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rincon Valley Union Elementary
- Village Elementary CharterElementary · 384 students
- Spring Lake CharterElementary · 383 students
- Manzanita Elementary CharterElementary · 369 students
- Austin Creek ElementaryElementary · 366 students
- Madrone ElementaryElementary · 363 students
- Binkley Elementary CharterElementary · 351 students
Other schools in Santa Rosa
- Maria Carrillo HighHigh · 1,584 students
- Santa Rosa HighHigh · 1,553 students
- Piner HighHigh · 1,434 students
- Roseland CharterCombined · 1,254 students
- Montgomery HighHigh · 1,253 students
- Elsie Allen HighHigh · 1,029 students
Other Sequoia Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 1 state are named Sequoia Elementary. Sequoia Elementary is the 7th largest of the 9.
- Sequoia ElementaryManteca, CA · 814 students
- Sequoia ElementaryFresno, CA · 696 students
- Sequoia ElementaryPleasant Hill, CA · 594 students
- Sequoia ElementaryShafter, CA · 534 students
- Sequoia ElementaryOakland, CA · 452 students
Nearby schools
- Whited Elementary Charter0.6 mi · 327
- Binkley Elementary Charter0.6 mi · 351
- Maria Carrillo High0.8 mi · 1,584
- Austin Creek Elementary0.9 mi · 366
- Madrone Elementary1.2 mi · 363
- Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter1.3 mi · 128
Frequently asked questions
About Sequoia ElementaryHow large is Sequoia Elementary?
Sequoia Elementary enrolls approximately 414 students in grades KG-06.
Is Sequoia Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sequoia Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Sequoia Elementary have?
Sequoia Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sequoia Elementary?
At Sequoia Elementary, the student body is approximately 64% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Sequoia Elementary?
Sequoia Elementary is overseen by Rincon Valley Union Elementary in Sonoma County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.